Mick Say

Mick Say is an Online Business Development Consultant. Mick's goal is to help UK businesses to develop meaningful online marketing strategies via the development websites and digital marketing resources engineered to inform and sell.

Stop WordPress Comment Spam
There is only one way to stop WordPress Comment Spam completely and that is to disallow visitors from commenting on your blog via WordPress the Settings > Discussion section of your wordpress admin panel.
However that's not very practical because we want to encourage visitor comments and discussion on our websites and blogs.
How to Administer WordPress Comment Spam
I find WordPress Comment Spam amusing, I quite like reading them when I have time for a giggle. I'll explained why people place comment spam on WordPress … [Read more...]

Choosing a web designer can be a minefield.
Make the wrong choice and you’ll regret it for years to come – right up till the day that you tear your site down and start again!
So it amazes me that so many websites get commissioned on trust. All too often, scrutiny ends with “You know how to get something up online, so yes, you’ve got the gig!”
Reality check: there are some phenomenal web designers out there. But...
It’s not an accredited industry, so anyone (literally anyone) can wake up tomorrow morning, decide they’re a web designer and hit … [Read more...]

Kofi Annan
"It's a great Idea, any moment whether a day or a week that we can give to the combatants to pause, to think and to reflect what they are doing to their own people and the environment will be a great achievement"
Can you ignore a call to action from Kofi Annan ?
I've donated £50 to "Peace One Day" I urge you to visit Bank to the Future and donate just £10 GBP for the 2013 Day of peace.
Please view the Powerful, emotive 2012 Peace Video below, before registering your commitment to peace.
Online Community Crowd-Funding for Peace … [Read more...]

* Adsense for feeds
* Classic Plus
* Google Storage
* Spreadsheet Gadgets
* Google News Badges
* Insights for Search
* Places Directory
* +1 Reports in Webmaster Tools
Do you use any of these Google tools?
If you do Google are either scrapping them as part of their spring cleaning or merging them with other services. This is all part of Google's commitment to simplifying their products and services.
Please read the full details below:
Posted by Yossi Matias, Senior Engineering Director at Google.
Technology offers so many … [Read more...]

I have been into social media since it was born. Since before there was such a thing as Social Media Speakers; Contrary to popular belief social media as a concept really came to life when Twitter hit the scene making it really easy for the masses to create an online persona which was free and really easy to use.
All of a sudden we could communicate around the globe in near real time, make friends and connect to people never before possible. OK, FaceBook was a bit earlier but back then it was not really used in the way it is today.
Yes, the … [Read more...]

This is a very common scenario for us: We receive many requests from potential clients asking for advice which they think is simple, quick and easy, when in reality the request requires the attention of an experienced developer and SEO practitioner to answer the question's posed. Here's an example.
Hi Mick - We have a website but we don’t seem to get enough visitors, can you have a quick look at our website and advise us on SEO and other ways to get more visitors to our website?
The question is honest and well-meaning but…. My answer has to be as … [Read more...]

Alexa calculates traffic rankings by analyzing the internet usage of millions of Alexa Toolbar users AND data collected from other, traffic data sources. The information collected is sorted and computed until Alexa get the traffic rankings shown in the Alexa service.
The traffic rank is based on three months of historical traffic data and is a combined measure of page views and users (reach). Reach measures the number of users a website has. Typically reach is expressed as the percentage of all Internet users who visit a given site.
How Alexa … [Read more...]

I attended Mick's Digital Marketing Awareness workshop, and I have to say it is well worth the investment, both in time and money.
I think I came away with enough to keep me going for about 6 months!
Mick is both knowledgeable about his subject and very approachable, and to say we learned a lot would be an understatement!
I would suggest that this workshop is a must attend for anyone responsible for their business website, you would benefit hugely.
A big thank you to MIck, really enjoyed the workshop and getting to know you better
Julia … [Read more...]

Delegate Testimonial:
"Mick's Digital Awareness Course is a must for those who are serious about on-line business and social media. He delivers the material at the right level and speed and clearly has excellent knowledge and experience around his specialism. I can't wait to get started! Highly recommended"
Tom Morrell, Director at Approaches for Performance Excellence Ltd. … [Read more...]

Last Friday was the first time I've been in the same room as Mick that I actually got a chance to make the time to get to know him better. The occasion was a masterclass getting great SEO on a website and the effects of the new kids on the Google block (penguin, panda with a dose of caffeine thrown in for good measure!).
Wow! Mick paced the training perfectly, crammed with information, good humour, and about thirty hints and tips which will enable me to move my own sites forward immediately, plus a lot more to show why it is so important to get … [Read more...]